The government ministerfaces Yannis Economou, responded to the reports that want the government to use the surveillance software "predator".
Of course the answer of the government representative does not accepts the charges and plays with the words used by Google in its post.
Let's look at the announcement of the government representative:
We have emphasized from the first moment, that the Greek security services have neither purchased nor use the specific monitoring software. Consequently, the Greek government and government agencies did not have and do not have any kind of dealings with anyone connected to the production and distribution of this software.
Besides, the text itself speaks of assessment in the references to the various countries, including Greece and Spain. It should be noted, however, that regarding the complaints made by a specific person, regarding the possibility of monitoring in our country, with the specific software, both the Greek Justice and the National Transparency Authority have been addressed, assisted by the Confidentiality Authority. Communications.
Every attempt, therefore, to create impressions and opposition, inside the country, by such means shows the despair of those who attempt it.
Let's see Google text:
We assess with high confidence that these exploits were packaged by a single commercial surveillance company, Cytrox, and sold to different government-backed actors who used them in at least the three campaigns discussed below. Consistent with findings from CitizenLab, we assess likely government-backed actors purchasing these exploits are operating (at least) in Egypt, Armenia, Greece, Madagascar, Côte d'Ivoire, Serbia, Spain and Indonesia.
If you know English, the Google text begins with the expression "We assess with high confidence". The exact one translation comprehensive of the expression used by Google probably did not suit the government representative who mentions only "assess" in his statement.
After that, the rest of the statement "both the Greek Justice and the National Transparency Authority have been addressed, assisted by the Communications Confidentiality Authority" sounds rather ridiculous.
